Stanford: Songs - 1 [Stephen Varcoe, Clifford Benson]

Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)

Songs - Volume 1

La belle dame sans merci
Eight songs from "The Spanish Gypsy" Op. 1
Sterne mit den gold'nen Füsschen Op. 4 No. 1
Dass du mich liebst Op. 4 No. 3
Frühling Op. 4 No. 4
Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt Op. 4 No. 6
Ich lieb' eine Blume Op. 7 No. 1
Wie des Mondes Abbild zittert Op. 7 No. 2
Ich halte ihr die Augen zu Op. 7 No. 5
Schlummerlied Op. 7 No. 6
My love's an arbutus
The little red lark
Songs of Erin Op. 76: Trottin' to the fair
The Tomb
Heraclitus Op. 110 No. 4
The Glens of Antrim Op. 174
A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster Op. 140

Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
Clifford Benson (piano)

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Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen [John Eliot Gardiner]

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

The Fairy Queen

Jennifer Smith (soprano), Timothy Penrose (counter-tenor), Eiddwen Harrhy (soprano), Wynford Evans (tenor), Judith Nelson (soprano), Ashley Stafford (counter-tenor), Stephen Varcoe (bass), David Thomas (bass), Martyn Hill (tenor), Elisabeth Priday (soprano)

The Monteverdi Choir

The English Baroque Soloists

John Eliot Gardiner

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Mozart Edition Vol.23: Missa Solemnis K 139 "Waisenhausmesse" [Collegium Aureum]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Mozart Edition Vol. 23

Missa Solemnis in C minor K 139 "Waisenhausmesse"

Sebastian Hennig (soprano), Rafael Harten (alto), John Elwes (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (bass)

Knabenchor Hannover

Collegium Aureum

Heinz Hennig

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Carissimi: Judicium Extremum, Jonas, Jephte [John Eliot Gardiner]

Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674)

Judicium Extremum

Jonas

Jephte

Mark Tucker (tenor)

Stephen Varcoe (baritone)

Nigel Robson (tenor)

Ruth Holton (soprano)

His Majesties Sagbutts & Cornetts

The Monteverdi Choir

Members of the English Baroque Soloists

John Eliot Gardiner

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Bach - Bachianas [Musica Antiqua Köln]

Music by the Bach family

CD1

Johann Michael Bach (1648-1694)

Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ

Auf, laßt uns den Herren loben

Es ist ein grosser Gewinn

Liebster Jesu, hör mein Flehen

Ach, wie sehnlich wart' ich der Zeit

Georg Christoph Bach (1642-1697)

Siehe, wie fein und lieblich

Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703)

Meine Freundin, du bist schoen

CD2

Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703)

Es erhub sich ein Streit

Ach, daß ich Wassers genug hätte

Herr, wende dich und sei mir gnädig

Wie bist du denn, o Gott, im Zorn auf mich entbrannt

Furcht des Herren

Heinrich Bach (1615-1692)

Ich danke dir, Gott

Maria Zedelius (soprano)

Ulla Groenewold (alto)

David Cordier (counter-tenor)

Paul Elliott, Hein Meens (tenor)

Michael Schopper, Stephen Varcoe (bass)

Rheinische Kantorei

Hermann Max

Musica Antiqua Köln

Reinhard Goebel

CD3

Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703)

Ach, dass ich Wassers g'nug hätte

Francesco Bartolomeo Conti (1682-1732) via Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Languet anima mea

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170

Bekennen will ich seinen Namen, BWV 200

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)

Selma, H 739 (Wq. 236)

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732-1795)

Die Amerikanerin, BR JCFB G 47

Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano)

Musica Antiqua Köln

Reinhard Goebel

CD4

Johann Ludwig Bach (1677-1731)

Overture in G major

Heinrich Bach (1615-1692)

Sonata a cinque No. 1 in C major

Sonata a cinque No. 2 in F major

Johann Ludwig Bach (1677-1731)

Cantata-Symphony (Concerto) in D major

Johann Christoph Bach  (1642-1703)

Aira Eberliniani pro dormente Camillo

Cyriacus Wilche (d1667)

Battaglia

"Signor Pagh"  possibly Johann Michael Bach (1648-1694)

Sonata & Capriccio in G minor

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Concerto for 3 trumpets, timpani, 3 oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo in D, after BWV 249

CD5

Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)

Sinfonia concertante in A major, W C 34 (T 284/4)

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784)

Flute Concerto in D major, BR WFB C 15

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732-1795)

Concerto for Fortepiano and Viola in E-flat major, BR JCFB 44

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)

Concerto for Harpsichord and Fortepiano in E-flat major, H. 479 (Wq. 47)

Musica Antiqua Köln

Reinhard Goebel

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Mondonville: Venite Exultemus [Edward Higginbottom]

Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711-1772)

Venite exultemus

Regna terrae

In decachordo psalterio

De profundis

Benefac Domine

Gillian Fisher (soprano)

Charles Daniels (counter-tenor)

Stephen Varcoe (bass)

Choir of New College, Oxford

London Baroque

Edward Higginbottom

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Schütz: Symphoniae Sacrae, Op.10 [The Purcell Quartet]

Heinrich Schütz (1585-1671)

Symphoniae Sacrae, Op.10

Emma Kirkby, Suzie Le Blanc (soprano)

James Bowman (alto)

Nigel Rogers, Charles Daniels (tenor)

Stephen Varcoe, Richard Wistreich (bass)

The Purcell Quartet

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Hark! Hark! the lark - Music for Shakespeare's Company [Peter Holman]

Hark! Hark! the lark

Music for Shakespeare's Company

(The English Orpheus Volume 43)

Robert Johnson (c1583-1633)

Hark! hark! the lark, Get you hence, The Tempest, Where the bee sucks,

Full fathom five, Tell me dearest, Oh let us howl, Care-charming sleep, Arm, arm! the scouts are come in, 'Tis late and cold, Come away Hecate, The Witches' Dance

Robert Taylor (d?1637)

Almand in G major

Anonymous

The Noble Man, See the chariot at hand, The blushing rose

John Wilson (1595-1674)

Take O take those lips away, A bonny bonny bird I have

Simon Ives (1600-1662)

Suite in G minor, Pavan in G minor, Suite in C major, The Wagge

John Atkins (d1671)

This lady ripe and fair

William Lawes (1602-1645)

Why so pale and wan fond lover?, A health to the northern lass, Come my Daphne come away, Somnus the humble god, The cats, as other creatures do

John Hilton (1599-1657)

Hence all ye vain delights

Catherine Bott (soprano), Julia Gooding (soprano), 
Joseph Cornwell (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
The Parley of Instruments
Peter Holman

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